Tuesday, February 10, 2009

It's unclear if she chews but there's definitely some inhaling going on. This, the movie tells us, is the breakfast of "smart, fat girls*" Andy hasn't yet learned that she should be counting almonds or nibbling on a cube of cheese or seeking a stomach flu.

*As comically deranged as it is to call Anne Hathaway a "smart fat girl" aren't we glad that the movies took a chance on her? [Hathaway for the win!]

Okay, let me get this straight. Kate can finally get her hands on an oscar, and you still want it to go to an actress whose last film was Bride Wars. Okay ... I get that you prefer her performance (which I think is rather crazy since la Hathaway is in no way as versatile as la Winslet), but it's just wrong to root for newbie Hathaway when veteran Kate can finally get one. You just know Kate's performances can never live up to her previous level of greatness, so suck it up and start rooting for Kate, mkay ?!!!!

Jackie & Alex... i'm just telling it like it is (this year). i'm not sure I'm actually rooting for Hathaway to win (given the Oscar curse that could fall on her) but I think it's the best performance nominated.

I'll be thrilled for Kate when she wins, don't worry. Been waiting for it ever since Heavenly F***ing Creatures, people!

in the montage of me getting ready for work at my job at RUNWAY, kt turnstall's suddenly i see plays as i get into my chanel lied out the night before. but for some reason that chubby, smart girl ends up in the montage. who is that sad person? are we doing a before and after i don't know about?

I'm with Nat. I'm super excited to see Kate finally win, but Hathaway's is the finest best actress perf. nominated. Hathaway has said herself that she may never get a role like this again. And, what a surprise it was! I never expected something so raw and human. I was blown away by her (and her movie)

p.s. i can't wait for DEVIL WEARS PRADA PART DEUX aka CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC.i love amy adams...that's isla fisher? so, she was the one in TALLADEGA NIGHTS? that was amy adams? so amy adams was the one in WEDDING CRASHERS then, right? THAT was isla fisher? huh.are we sure they aren't the same person? has anyone actually seen them both in a room at the same time? and if so, which one is the evil twin?

Second Best Movie of the Year, IMO. Sweet, hilarious, honest. I was hoping for a Breakthrough Nomination for Jason Segel, but alas, he fell short. Best Actor for me this year, although I haven't seen Milk or Wrestler. But he's definitely better than Brad Pitt's makeup and Frank Langella's Nixon.

"Rachel Getting Married" HAS FINALLY come to the independent theatre here in my city and I can finally go see what all the buzz is about! (Guess I have Hathaway's B.A. nom to thank for that) Coming from a big dramatic family myself a movie that deals with REAL family relations is always interesting.

FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL was great indeed. I probably didn't like it as much as our friend above, but it's my favorite film so far from the Apatow machine. Dracula's Lament should have a Best Original Song nomination.

What does winning an acting Oscar have to do with your versatility, anyway? Isn't the point that you get one for a great performance, period (or shouldn't that be the ideal, politics be damned)?

Also, bullshit on "Kate's performances never living up to her previous level of greatness", because as recently as five years ago she surpassed a ten-year career's worth of performances with Eternal Sunshine.

Right on, Colin! How unfair is it to award an Oscar to somebody who's "due" when somebody else gave the better performance. Let's give it to whoever deserved it THIS year and forget what's happened -- or who's been unrewarded -- in the past.

speaking about forgetting Sarah Marshall, what about Mila Kunis' "I can see your vagina from here!" as best individual line reading or something? One of the funniest lines of the year IMO, but I think I'm alone in this one.

Nathaniel, I agree with you that Anne is too young to play both Hannah and April. But if you compare both actresses´body of work at the age of 26, you´ll see that Kate already had a much stronger body of work and a much more solid career back then than Anne has at this point.

At the age of 26, Kate already had Heavenly Creatures, Sense and Sensibility, Jude, Titanic, Hamlet, Holy Smoke and Iris under her belt.

I do think Hannah is a much more complex role (and much more difficult, technically speaking) than Kym.

I think other young actresses such as Michelle Williams, Evan Rachel Wood, Cristina Ricci, Sarah Poley, Maggie Gylenhaal could have played Kym just as well.

I dont think Anne´s performance is bad. Far from it. I just dont get why people are so hysterical over it. I dont get the fuss. If you read some of the reviews out there, you´d think she ís the greatest shakespearean actress who has ever lived and who is reinventing the concept of acting.

Her performance is very good. Is it Meryl Streep´s Sophie or Helen Mirren´s Queen good? I dont think so.

Is it the best of the year? Not in my humble opinion. Very good performance? Yes. THE single best? No.

Amanda, I think that Michelle Williams, Christina Ricci, Sarah Polley and Maggie Gyllenhaal are all too old for Kym. The one I would fantasy-cast as Kym is Hathaway's "Devil Wears Prade" co-star EMILY BLUNT. She's the right age, gorgeous and has definite skills to take the role on.